is without a doubt the most accomplished chess player who coaches at our academy

Artur was at one point the third best player in the world and after beating a younger Viswanathan Anand (Anand eventually became the 15th world champion) in a few games was asked to be his second in Anand's match against Garry Kasparov for the world chess championship in 1995. Artur also holds wins against many many of the top players of yesterday and today and one of those happened to be a young boy named Magnus Carlsen who since then grew up to become the current world champion of chess.

Here Artur shares his analysis and a few humorous anecdotes about that particular episode from his past: